New Gtech ebike

[Fingers]

I am half way through trialling a new bike in the spirit of the Gtech.

The bike has pedal assist only but it has a crank drive and an SRAM automatix.
It weighs 17kgs at the moment. I am trying to shed 2kg from it and getting rid of the LCD.
It's nowhere near as flexible as with an 8-speed derailleur but I actually quite like it.
You just sit on it and pedal away. 24mph max and no fiddling with anything.

That nearly pops Trex.

Technically it smashes the Gtech. It's just that bloody battery position.
And where are the wires? Is that a carbon chain?

Looks amazing mate. Is there anyway you could incorporate a smaller battery to disguise it's an Electric bike and that would maybe reduce weight?

I would still buy that regardless anyway. Looks great.

 

[rayvinloon]

Ah, there we are then, she doesn't need to lift it into a chip shop, just ride it
Maybe if you didn't go to the chip shop you would be able lift heavy things tooView attachment 13361

but we don't want to lift a heavy bike around that's the point

 

[soundwave]

http://www.vivax-assist.com/en/produkte/e-trekking_e-cross/fahrrad.php?catId=E-Trekking

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[Izzyekerslike]

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I am half way through trialling a new bike in the spirit of the Gtech.

The bike has pedal assist only but it has a crank drive and an SRAM automatix.
It weighs 17kgs at the moment. I am trying to shed 2kg from it and getting rid of the LCD.
It's nowhere near as flexible as with an 8-speed derailleur but I actually quite like it.
You just sit on it and pedal away. 24mph max and no fiddling with anything.

Lose 2kg....no problem, just have two models one with a smaller lighter battery for those who want a lighter bike and can manage with less range. Simples as the meerkat says.

 

[Alan Quay]

I'll let you know next week, I plan to ride it as much as possible and I won't recharge until it dies. I'll log every ride on Runtastic and post on here. I'm confident that it'll blow 15 miles away.

Did you ever get these results?

 

[lukewilson78]

I'm afraid the weather or my shifts have not permitted a full run at the battery power. I've done a couple of journeys but I really want to do back to back days to load my weekly results from the app I use. Hopefully with the lighter nights I should get a complete week of cycling to work even with early/late shifts. It's a top priority of mine though and my girlfriend is going to do the same to see how different the results are.

 

[Kudoscycles]

Can any Gtech owners help? I already have a Wisper Alpino which I love but I want to buy a Gtech to take away with me with the motorhome and am attracted because of its lighter weight. How sturdy is the bike I am an overweight lady but don't plan on using it to go on long rides or to go offroad. Helpline says 16 stone weight limit but what are anyone's views on this?

I am sure you have read this thread. The problem to get bikes down to 15 kgs weight and not use expensive bespoke components you have to compromise on the motor power/gears/battery capacity. If you put a powerful motor,8 speed gears and 8 Ah battery your G-tech bike will be up to 18-20 kgs,the Woosh Karoo is about as low weight as you can achieve with 'off the shelf' parts.
The problem is with only a small motor and no gears is you will be on maximum power setting on any hill,with only 5Ah battery that will reduce the range considerably,obviously as a heavy rider that won't help.
If you don't plan on long rides why not a small wheeled bike like the Kudos Secret,we seem to be selling a lot of these to heavier riders at the moment.
The small wheels and simple frame allow a powerful torque motor with gears and a 8Ah battery without making the bike too heavy....the 20" wheels have a powerful torque to get up steep hills,better than say a 26" wheeled bike.
KudosDave

 

[paul20v]

Their vacuum cleaners suck.

Pun intended of course

 

[Kudoscycles]

http://www.vivax-assist.com/en/produkte/e-trekking_e-cross/fahrrad.php?catId=E-Trekking

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Sound wave....euros3800 and 3990 respectively,very few UK e-bike customers will pay that much for an electric bike.
The Viva bike uses freely available Chinese parts,carefully selected but only 6 Ah battery (I get criticised for using a 'small'10.4 Ah battery),it doesn't seem very good value for the spec.
However,the Freigeist uses special parts,especially the long thin battery,it is still expensive but understandably so.
KudosDave

 

[Fingers]

Can any Gtech owners help? I already have a Wisper Alpino which I love but I want to buy a Gtech to take away with me with the motorhome and am attracted because of its lighter weight. How sturdy is the bike I am an overweight lady but don't plan on using it to go on long rides or to go offroad. Helpline says 16 stone weight limit but what are anyone's views on this?

Hi Karen

I'm sure the website says 120kg and can take bags too.

I'm 6' 4''and wight 17 stone.

It copes with my weight with ease. I would say that I reckon I'm getting 25 to 27 miles out of a full battery charge.

I put that down to my route and my weight. And my work bag.

I still love the bike very much and would highly recommend it.

 

[mcozzy]

So yes or no? Having only started looking at ebikes yesterday, the £1000 gtech looks really good. My commute is only 7 miles round, so battery will be charged nightly anyway.

 

[mcozzy]

I happened to see a FreeGo Raptor in a shop today. Now there is a bike that is a complete waste of time.

Care to elaborate?

 

[bb9009]

This is very good spec,I think the electric bikes the problem is battery...how long?

 

[trex]

I think the real weakness of the Gtech is in it having only one gear. You either like its single gear or not. Most people prefer having gears.

 

[sueinuk]

Hi folks, looking at the posts for amd against this bike, I notice that most of the bikes proposed as better alternatives aren't really suited to riding in a skirt. i.e. are not step through bikes. Two years ago, at the age of 63, I was happily riding ten miles a day for leisure except in really windy weather on a beloved Carerra Subway 1 bike. (not in a skirt I hasten to add! Tried it, but it really was not a good look, maybe if I'd been 40 yrs younger :/ ) More windy days were short shopping trips on my Viking Vienna
Then disaser struck in the form of double pneumonia with a partially collapsed lung, and which also led to a broken rib cos of all the coughing. After MONTHS AND MONTHS of getting better and using my indoor exercise bike to get fitness up, I caught viral pneumonia again Now have rid of that, but it's all left me with atrial fibrilation as a lasting legacy. BUT I want back out on the road on a bike and am thinking of an electric bike. The Gtech appeals cos now as a bit more of a frail 65 yr old lady, I like the lightweightness of it, the fact it isn't complicated... ok, might miss having gears, but might not.... SO ...... HELP, advice please, I want to use a step through as its easier to dismount in a medical emergency.... money isn't really an issue, am pretty desperate enough to be able to be out there cycling daily within my limits (especially as I can no longer go swimming neither), that I'd pay whatever it takes. Am sick of looking at the wall on my execise bike!

 

[anotherkiwi]

This one? Put a motor on your Carerra 1 (or have someone put a kit on it), lovely bike for a conversion.

 

[sueinuk]

Like Cllr Linda Robinson (Cons)?

she is pretty cool.

Then maybe not, if your mother rides this bike then it can't be cool.

ooookkkaaaayyyyyy ..... TREX.... what ON EARTH has being a mother/older FEMALE, possibly got to do with riding any bike...... unless one is thinking like a wet behind the ears 'ooooh must up my street cred at all costs' adolescent? As a sixty five year old GRANDMOTHER, I still own and, was riding my Carerra Subway 1 bike at age 63, till serious ill health struck. And I'm sure my riding that never gave the bike an 'uncool' image! How disappointing to find what could be construed as both an ageist and sexist remark within a bike community...... as a cyclist of 61 years standing, I am used to disrespect from pedestrians and fellow motorists, but it's so not 'cool' either when it comes from within the cycling areana

 

[sueinuk]

This one? Put a motor on your Carerra 1 (or have someone put a kit on it), lovely bike for a conversion.

aaaaaaaaaa NOW THERES an idea worth considering! I do like my disk brakes....... Thank you!

 

[anotherkiwi]

This one then?

PS I think trex was being a little tongue in cheek with his comment...

 

[sueinuk]

aaaaaaaaaa NOW THERES an idea worth considering! I do like my disk brakes....... Thank you!

would my viking vienna also convert to a battery assist ok as well? then I can use both again